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OiDIT;ATTCE ITO. 205
!ITT 0' �DITTATTCL TO AUTHORIZE THE
I SSUAT: CE BY ^T;E C I T" OF FA I I -
HOPE OF q";81,000 PRINCIPAL AITOUTIT
OF GE"E:,AL OBLIGATICI: SDLR BONDS
TO Rai S', FUTIDS FOR THE CCT; STRUCT--
ICT' OF SE;'.ERS ITT TIM CITY
BE IT ORDAIYED by the City Council of the City of
Fairhore as follo is
Section 1. Definitions. The following words and
phrascs shall have the following respective r-eaninCs h.-reir :
"City" deans the :municipal corporation of Fairho.�e
in the State of Alabana, ar.d any municipal corporation result-
ing from any merger or consolidation thereof riJ th anot'-.er
municipal corporation.
"Council" means the governing body of the city as
from time to ti-no constituted.
"Bonds" neans those issued hereunder.
"Cot:pons" means those issued in puns uance hereof
and evidencing the interest on the applicable bond.
"Callable bonds" means those of the bonds numbered
fro.T 7 to Fl, inclusive.
"Newspaper" rrea-ns a newspaper printed in the English
language not less often-ti.an six days during each calendar
week and having general circulation in the locality specified.
"Financial journal" means a journal having national
circulation devoted primarily to ne::•s of financial matters.
"Holder" then lased in conjimction T7itr bonds or
coupons means the person who is in pos:Fssion and the apparant
ovarer of tl-e Cesignated item.
"Herein.", "hereby", and "hereof", and other equiva-
lEnt .:ords, refer to this ordinance and not solely to any
particular portion thereof in which any such word is Used.
Lefinitions include both singular and plural.
Pronouns include both sinCula^ and plural and cover
all genders.
Section 2. Author i-ation of bends. Purs►zar_t to the
applicable provisions of the constitution arc la�.s of the State
of Alabama, incluc4 ng partic»larly Chapter i of Title 37 of the
Code o" Alalana of 1940, as amended, and pursuant to authority
so to do ;ranted at an'election of the qualified electors of the
city held in the city on T'ay 9, 1950, there are hereby authorized
to bo issued by the city its General Obligation Server Donds to
the extent of ,181,000 in principal a-ount for ti-e purpcso of con-
structsng senors in the city.
63
Section 3. Description of _bonds. the bonds shall
consist of eighty-one coupon bonds numbered co::s:,cutively
from 1 to 81, inclusive, shall be in the denomination of N1,000
each, shall be dated July 11 1950, and shall nature as follows:
Bond
Numbers
Aggre,ate Principal
(both
inclusive)
T".aturity
dates
Amount 1'atiirin7
1
to
3
July
11
1951
331000
4
to
6
ou1y
11
1952
3,000
7
to
9
July
19
1953
3,000
10
to
13
July
11
1954
4,000
14
to
17
July
11
1955
41000
18
to
21
July
11
1956
41000
22
to
25
July
11
1957
41000
26
to
29
July
11
1,
1958
1959
4,000
41000
30
to
33
July
34
to
37
July
17
1960
4,000
38
to
41
July
11
1961
41000
42
to
45
July
11
19("-2
49000
46
. to
5o
July
19
1963
51000
51
to
55
Jul;
11
1964
51000
56
to
6o
July
11
1965
5,000
61
to
65
July
11
1966
5,000
66
to
70
Jaly
11
1967
5,000
to
1969
6;000
76
to
61
July
11
The bonds shall bear interest from their date until their
r.:spective rat rities a t such rate or rates, not exceeding
35 per annum, as may be i,ereafter fixed by ordinance of the C1t'T,
ani at the rate of 6 ; per ar_nun after their respective r atiirities.
Such interest prior to and at naturity shall be payable sc-,i-
anrLially on January 1 and Ji ly 1 and shell bn evic- ~iced by
coupons attacr,eO to the bonds. The I;o-ds and. the co -eons
s'lall be payable in lawful coney of the United States of !!rerica
at the principal offi cc of the T.'ercha`Jts Naticnal ! nli of
T"obilc, in tie City of .:obile in }he ;tote of Alabama.
Section 4. Execution of bonds. The bergs shall
be signed in b half of the city by its Payor and by tho city
treasurer, and the corporate sepl of the city s_iall be affixed
to each thereof. The coupons shall bea r the facsimile sigraturEs
of said hayor and treasurer, vThich facsimile si.-Patures stall
b,-, valid in all respects as if the said officers had sil gnec the
same t.n y)ersor.
Ccction 5. ',Pc r�Dt-i ot1 nrovi.sior--. The callable bent: s
-ay be called for redemption prior to riatur ty, as a vrrole or
in part, at the option of the city, on ar.y interest pa„mcnl da+e
Tin and after July 1, 1952; provided, that if less tr.an all of 1`11
callable bonds at the time ootstanctn- are called for rejPm1)ticn
tt:cn ti'c sare --tall rc called in Lhe inversp order of he it niu bars.
,any such redemption shall bE, at the face value of the bones 7edcc7-
cd plus accrued interest to the redemption date and plus the
fcllov-ing applicable premir�-: if the rT�demption date i ; on or
prior to July 1, 19559 a ,,remiun equal to tv:elve months' i 1t,2rest
cor -- uted at the rate or rates the bends redcared would bea , or
the reda,zrt_on date had they not been callad for redcp--ion; _f trio
rec pti or date is after Jul; 1, 1955, and or or prior 1-o J,11, 1,
1960, a premium equal to six mcnths' interest corput:.d at the rate
or rates the bonds redeemed v.ould b :ar on the rc,demptici. dat,- raa
they not Lcen called for redemption; and if the rFdc, tpior (c. to is
after "t_l. }, 1'60, vithcut An, such cell for redo 'prior
;hall be cffPcted in the folio% ink 7arrer:
(,) The City by resolution of the council
shall call for redemption on a st-ted date
callable bonds bearing stated numbers.
(2) The city shall cause to be published
one time in a nevrspnper published in the City
of Birmingham, Alabama, a notice stating the
numbers of the callable bones which have bcEn so
called for redemption, am st�',tin, that the
callable bonds bearing such numbers shall become
due at the redemption price on the d-te specified.
In the event there is no nevispaper published in
the City of Birmingham, Alab-ma, on the d•te
specified by the council for the publication of
such notice, then such notice shall be published
one time in a financial journal rubl.;shed in
the ,City of New York, Neiy-york: . Ah:�such notice
shall be published not less than thirty days prior
to the redemption rate.
All of the callable bonds so called for redemption shall
become due and payable at the place at Tihich the Game shall
be payable, at the redemption price'and on the redemption date
specified in such notice, anything herein or in the bonds to
the contrary notwithstandinC. The bank at which the callable
bonds are payable shall not be requires, to pay any coupon
maturing on the redemption date rhich is applicable to any
(payment; provided, that in the event such bank should pay any
such coupon without payment of,the applicable callable bond
it shall not be lialbe to the holder of such applicable call-
able bond or to the city or to anyone t;h-msoever; and provided
further, that any such bank shall pay such coupon out of the
moneys supplied to it by the city for such purpose if tre hold-
er thereof shall present evidence satisfactory to such b=-rti.
that such holder is the ocrner of the coupon so present(d ind is
not the owner of the callable bond to which such coupon is
applicable.
Section 6. Pledge. The bonds shall be and constitute
€,eneral obligaticns of the city for the payment of the princi-
pal of q)K,interest on which the full faith and credit of the
city are hereby irrevocably nledged. In addition trereto there
is hereby further irrevocable Llecged(,for payment of the princi-
pal of and interest on the bonds, without preference or prior-
ity of one of the bends over another, so much as miy be nec-
essary for such purpose of the addition^1 annual ad valorem
tax of 112 of 1 per centum authorized by Amnncment VIII to the
Constitution of Alabama of 1901 to be levied and collectec by
the city for the purpose of paying bones issued after the
adoption of said amendment and the interest thereon. The city
hereby agrees that so long as any )orticn of the p-incipcl of
or interest on the bonds rem -ins unpaid the city Y-ill annually
levy and provide for tre collection of the said additinnol ad
valorem tax rat the times and in the manner provided by the
laws of Alabama and --ill apply so much of the pro -eels receiv-
eO therefrom as may be nece nary to pay the princip<n1 of and
interest on the bcncs as the said principal 9nd interest
respectively mature.
Section 7. Payment at Dar. The banking institu-
tion at v:h;ch the bonds are payable, by acceptance of its
duties hereunder, shall be construed to have aCreed thereby
-•ith the holders of the bonds and the coupons that it , gill make
all remitt—ces of principal of and interest on the bonds and
coupons out of moneys supplied to it by the city for such pur-
ros:� it bankable funds at Par -and v:ithout deduction for ex-
change, fees or er_renses. The city agrees with the holders
of t.ic bonds and the coupons and with the said Lanking
i1 stitution that it will pay all charges for exchange, fees
or expenses - hich may be trade by such bank it the making of
rz!nittanccs in an. -able funds of the principal of and interest
cn the bends and th,, coupons at nar.
Section: S. Form o" bonds. The bonds and the coupons
-Ball be in substantially the following forms with appropriate
chargEa therein to conform to the provisions hereof:
T'o .
(Fora of Bond)
UNITED STATES OF .52.:EItICA
STATE; CF ALABA:"A
CITY 07 FAI.tT OPE
GL'I'E.{AL OBLIGATIC'TI STs�LT, BOTTD
101,000
Cn the 1st day of J•1y, 19 , for value received,
tLe City of Fairhope (herein called "the city"), a murioi-al
corporation in the State or Alabama, prom scs to y)ay to tloe
buarF,r hereof the principal ,um of
C TN E T H C U S A "T. D D 0 L L A R S
i ;th intcro�t thereon f rcn the date hereof until the -aturit:•
hereof at the rato of per annum payable seni-arni,all.
on Jc.,iar;r 1 and July 1 in each year until maturity hereof
upon su.rrence:^ of the annc;.ed interest co•.zpers as -she same
- (, .ally rat-i.re. Bet)^ the principal hereof arC. interest here-
on are payable in laT-rful honey of the UnitE•d States of Aneri ca
at the principal office of The :'erchants Yational Bank of
T-o'.,ile, in the City of '"obile in tha State of Alabar-a.
This is one of a drly authorized issue of bonds ire
the aggregztc principal ar-ount of N61,000 numbered from 1 to
L1, incl-sive (here'.1 n culled "the bonds") , vrhi c'z ::ave :DEon
ucd lour. siiar.t t^ the applicable provisions of the coast; tii-
tior arc: laces of Ala aama, includ in, particularly Chapter C of
^'tle 37 of the Ccae of Alabama of 1940, ap arerCed, and ar
election duly called and held in tl e city or T-uY, 97 1950 arra
proceed' ngs d,.ly a(opted b,; the govPrni.r_g body of the ci y for
tre-wlrrosF of constructi-,g scy.,:,,rs in the CI+ -Jr. Those of t',c
l er ds-atiiri n� in 1953 :..nd thereafter are subject to rFdr-mp-
t;on at the option of tie city on any irtc,rest pay!r.ent 6ate cn
and after Jill., 11 1952, aE a ::hole or in part in inv(.rso
nur erical orCor, after not less than thirty d,,y^' prior pub-
lished notice, at the face value, t'iereof plus accrued inter—st
thereon to the redemption cute and plus tl.e following ;.p,)11c-
a',12 nremiun.: if the re.derntir.n cute i s on or prior to J>>ly 1,
1a;5, a ^rcminm_equal to tr.,ely) r nrtYs' interest ccmnuted at
the „ate or rates the t-rc,s redeer,cd vrou]( bear on the reder,p-
ti nn 6ata I.ac they not b:Pn e,-'I ed for reder ration; i'' the rcderp-
tion. Cate " s a " ,cqr J^ly 11 1955, and' on oi• prior to July 1, lq(0,
a rrer iun onu ,l _o s'x r-onths' in�re:•t cor , tPC au tz.e r•-te
or ratcs '..:e r,-r. s o,,10 near cr t',e rP(-Enrtirr bate
' aO t' c. not -.,fled for ar(l if tl.E d cmr-
`ion Gate is of to D,1�- 1, 1%r 1-1t�,c-'t I Y'er,i lm.
TI-n indebtedness c.vic cr ct d >>_, thi s tont' i,' a
,;cw'.ral obligation of the ci.t� .'o: thu pay, -(ant of the
principal of a) d ir-iterust on wlf ch tho full i_ ith arc, crf-dit
of thr, city have been irrevocably pledged.
It 1 .a r� been asee. tair(-.6 and found an(=: it is
..ereby certified and? 1,ccitPc that all crrC1t',,-ns, actions anc+
';1., n-- ro; uired by the constitution anO laws of Alabara +c
(,xis}, l rerforrned or lapnen precedent 1-o or in the iss>>ance
of this bond: arc the creatinr of tho indeb'-�-dness evidenced
herrb3 Pxist, have boon ;performed and have happened, -r..t' ti.a'
'.hP i~doh+, anoss evi deuce d by this bond, to. -than viith all
other indebtedness of the city, was when incurred and nova is
ithi r overl, debt ar.e other li mi - so-ib-H by the const' ti.,-
ti c r arlafts of GlLba.: a.
ITT '._IT"LSS IMREOF, the city has caused t} is bore
lr be executed.in its behalf by its ,rayor and its city
trey:-iircr, has caused its corporate seal to bp hereunto
affi,er', ',as caused the annexed int,rest coupors to 1-c (,rccutcd
i t' thy: facsimile signa+iires of the said mayor and
and has caused this bond to be dated July 11 1950.
CITY OF FAI7,H0PE
By
L46.4���
T`ayor
Dy
City Treasurer
(7 C'rrl cf Cc111)0n)
Co, non
1To .
On the 1st day of , 19 ,
The Cit-, of Fa; rropo in the Lo ate of Alabaria rrcrises to
l)ay '_o tr_e bearer hereof', at the principal offic^ of t' e .
'"crc' a is 7-ticn.u1 3an'_-. of ;'nl-i le, in the Cit - of 7obile it the
State of Alabar a, Dollars in la-7ftz;.
rore,T rf t::_ 'Tr i tod Statcs of America, bEing six mcr J,s'
i •E st tl.an di e on the General Obligation Se-er Bo id of t',Q
City of Fai rho-e dated JuI-,T J , 191:�0, anu numb -red
1!ayor
City Treasurer
Follo7rira tre ratii.rity date in the first lire of fl c
first na-a�,raph of each of the callable bends, there shall be
r scrted the follor in ,:
"(ur-less this bond shall '.aye beer.
duly calle:.Y for nrioy payr-ent) ,"
Followin tti,o matiirit; crate of earl coupon due cn and
after Jan>>ar;T 1, 15�"?, +r ero shall b�, irse-�ted the �'ol.loT irg:
.rft
11(1:r1.Fss t.'ie bend tc 1-1-4c}, t'�is
co»ron i s ap )11 cable :' all have
been auly c lled for prior pay-
mer t) 111
Section 9. Contractiial rrovisions. ^he
prow si —s of this ordira.nce s-all consti tutu a contract
bf t een cl e city ar_'a each holder of the bonds and co,lpons.
Section 1C. .'ev(� ral-i lj ty. The va-^i cus rrovi si ons
of ti-ts ordinance are l.ereby cclared to be s-�ter;:ble.
In -,'L.e event any provision 1,erco{ shall be Yield invalid by a
court of compeQ' or)t risCiction sucl_ ir_valid2+y ;h ll not
affect an;;r othe^ not-tior. of this ordinance.
Section 11. Sale of bonds . The l,o ds ray be ,ol('
as a -role or in part, and if r,old in art tr,i-n they may bf.
cold fron, tiwc to time in s, cti, mannc Aid a+ such times and
unCer :•itch conditions as mar h(--_etcfore have been fixed or ray
hereafter be `'ixcc by resolutions of tl,e counci' fror, tc
tire aC o;)ted. The proceeds derivec' from the sale of the bc)-ds
s',all b-. iiscd solely for the purpose for which tr,e ^ar,.- are
authorized to be issued.
Adopted and approve-. B's- 12th day of Jlzl,,, 1950.
1'ayor
Aut�lenicat,�d:
City Olerk
TS
y Of _ air o
the,' ti�t€1� shall b� fracl
..fir; ; -.
Ordinance No. LU4
lice.
A stopcock vxve must be install-
ed in the 5jn-a pipe line in an easily
Be it ordained by the City Coun-
accessible place at each appliance
cil of the City of Fairhope, Ala-
with a /f�nion in the line after each
bama, as follows:
stopcp k. When flexible tubing is
SECTION 1. That the Mayor be
used, the stoppcock must be in -
and is hereby authorized and direct-
stalled before the commencement
ed to appoint a Gas Inspector and
of the tubing.
such assistant gas inspectors as in
All horizontal sections of pipe
his opinion may be necessary to
shall be fastened securely in .place
carry out the purposes of this or-
with pipe hooks or straps of dur-
dinance, and which said Gas Inspec-
able strength. Hooks shall not be
for and his assistants are hereby
used for fastening pipe over one
authorized, empowered and direct-
and one-half (13c) inch in diameter.
ed to inspect and supervise the in-
Spacing between hooks or straps
stallation construction, reconstruc.
to be close enough to prevent sag-
tion and repair of all house gas pip-
ging of the ,pipe line.
ing, gas appliances, fixtures and
Bending of wrought iron or steel
Apparatus now or hereafter to be
pipe shall not be done at any time.
placed in or in any manner directly
Ells or tees to be used in making
attached to any building or strut-
any turn in piping system. Tees
ture within the municipality. The
must be used to make any turn in
said Gas Inspector and his assist-
the `ha"rizontal sections of pipe line
ants shall be subject to the orders
and at the base of all vertical sec.
and directions of the Mayor, and
tions of the line. Ells may be used
are hereby vested with full author-
to make turns at the top of any
ity to enter any building, or prem-
vertical section of the line.
ices at any reasonable time in the
Flexible tubing approved by the
discharge of their duties herein im-
American Gas Association, or any
posed.
recognized agency, may be
Isuch
Only a person or persons approv- I
f
used in connecting gas ranges, re-
frigerators, hotplates, space heat-
ed by the Gas Inspector, as a qual-
ers, or small burners such as used
ified gas fitter and licensed by the
in laboratories. All other appli-
City of Fairhope, will be permitted
antes must be connected with
to perform gas pipe or gas appi
'wrought iron or steel pipe.
once installations to the Gas Sys-
All pipe -cutter burrs must be
tem owned and serviced by the
cleared from the ends of each see-
City of Fairhope, with the follow-
tion of pipe with a reamer, so as to
ing exception:
prevent choking of the flow of gas.
Any home or building owner who
All pipe threads should be clear
requests a permit to install in his
of all burs before making connec-
own home or building any gas pipe
tions.
and gas appliance, and who in the
A non -hardening ,pipe joint com-
opinion of the Gas Inspector, is fa-
pound may be used sparingly in
miliar with the requirements of this
making pipe connections. White
code concerning the proper instal-
lead or any other such hardening
lation of the same and who is cap-
compound should not be used.
able of making the proper installa-
All connections between the stop-
tion, shall be issued a permit for
cock and the appliance, which are
the necessary gas pipe and appli-
not tested under the compressed
ance installation without the ne-
air test, must be checked for
cessity of having been licensed by
leaks by a check for movement
the City of Fairhope ,as a certi-
of the meter test dial and a solu-
fied gas fitter,
tion of soap and water applied to
. A license will be issued to a such
each new pipe connection.
qualified gas fitter upon payment of
All gas pipe or tubing shall be
a fee of $2.00 for the first year.
3/8 inch or larger.
There will be a renewal fee of $1.00
All defective pipe or fittings must
for each succeeding year. All as-
be replaced with new materials.
sistants of such license shall be
No bushings shall be used for re -
under direct supervision of said
ducing pipe sizes, only reducers
license.
may be used.
SECTION 2. BUSINESS LI-
CENSE. Any person engaged in
SECTION 6. APPL:IANCE IN-
STALLATIONS (DOMESTIC). All
the business of gas installation and
appliances connected to the Fair -
construction shall be required to
hope Gas System must be approved
have a business license for this
by the American Gas Association
purpose, and also have a valid gas
or other such recognized a ency.
fitter's license.
SECTION 3. PERMITS. An ap-
Every gas burner shall be ad-
plication for a permit shall be re-
justed so as to burn, as near as
possible, its rated input.
^,aired or escL• gas instapatinn to
Before leaving the prenses, qua
;be matte with the following excep
t ue individual
installer of an rppllance oe apPl
refrigerat'of
w rt�nge, 3lotplate, or refrigerator,
rL,ng
, n(„ ; must clear all a:r uo� 1 +}le•
gas lines by the process of "bleed -
where the required length of pipe
ing" at each appliance. The install-
for sucb. installation does not ex-
er must also adjust every appliance
ceed six (6) foot, or the instal-
properly and che•_l: lts operation
lation of a portable space heater
thoroughly and instruct Vio cu:;to-
whore the gas pipe has been pre-
mer fully as to the safe and prop-
,.viously run to within six (6) feet
er operation of each appliance.
�qf heater location. When such in.
All water heaters must be pro
dividual installation is made the
flan Inspector must be notified by
vided with a reseating pressure -
temperature relief valve located in
It installer as to the type of ap-
the hot water line not over six (6)
pliance installed.
inches from the tank outlet with a
Permit application blanks will be
blow -off pipe of not less than riw
furnished to all licensees by the
half (%) inch diameter with u(,
Gab Inspector. These applications
shut-off valve in the line and the
must give a complete description of
outlet and without threads. When
the work to be performed (includ-
possible this blow -off shall go to the
ing a piping layout for heating
outside and to within twelve (12)
equipment installations) and the
inches of the ground.
location of the premises where the
installation is to be made. Aper-
SECTION 7. HEATING EQUIP-
mit will be issued upon approval
MENT. The concentration of oxy-
of such application and the pay-
gen in the flue products of a cou-
uu:nt of a fee of $1,50.
verson burner installation, shall
SECTION 4. INSPECTIONS.
in no case, be less than five per
Application fa an inspection by
cent, nor more than eight per cent.
the GK4 Juspector, must bo made
The gas input rate shall be ad -
by 9 A. M. on or before the day
justed to within plus or minus
the inspection is to be made.
five per cent of 1.5 times the cul-
In the presence of the Gas In-
culated hourly BTU heat logs of
the building in which it is installed
snector, all piping up to the stop-
cock at each appliance shall be fill-
but, in no case, to a value in ax-
ed with air at a pressure of five
cczs of five per cent above the
by
(5) pounds per square inch, and
the piping must maintain this pres-
maximum input rate specified
the manufacturer. When the pro -
,or C►ve t5) minutes. All , in-
vailwg rreRanre 94 less
Ing uzust conform to the specifics-
manifold prejbure specified, t.,o
twins of tbib ordinance.
Duo rate shall be adjusted at the
When this inspection has been
prevailing pressure. The appliau.:c
completed,and the piping sybteni is
I shall ba allowed to operate until
approved by the Gas Inspector, the
the stock temperature becomes sta
gas may be turned into the house
bilized, after which a sample of the
piping system.
flue products shall be taken at a
An additional inspection shall
point in the flue after the outlet of
be made after all appliances have
the appliance but ahead of the draft
been connected and adjusted. If
hood, and analyzed for carbon diox-
;for any reason an installation does
ide or oxygen.
nut pass these inspections, an ad-
The gas input rate shall be ad-
inspection shall be made
justed to within plus or minus five
after the installation has been
per cent of the required hourly
BTU input rating at .the manifold
lditional
changed so as to conform to speci-
fications. An inspection fee will
pressure specified by the manufac-
be charged for each additional in-
turer.
opection made. A certificate of in-
SECTION 8. FLOOR FURNA-
spection will be issued for each
CES, (a) Where the distance from
approved installation. The inspec-
the ground level at a floor furnace
'tion fee is $1.50.
location is less than the depth of
SECTION 5. PIPING SPECIFI-
the furnace, a water -proof pit shall
CATIONS. All pipe shall be of ad-
be provided with the foUowing mini -
equate size to pass the rated input
mum inside dim3iisions:
of gas to each appliance. The
Twelve inches from the furnace
following table may be used for
to the sides of the pit on all sides
.determining the size of pipe for
except the control side where the
each appliance.
clearance shall be not less than
Cubic Feet of Gas Per Hour
twenty-four inches from the bot-
0.3 In. pressure drop and 0.60 Sp. gr.
tom of the furnace to the botto
Natural Gas — 1000 BTU per cubic
of the pit. The sides of the
foot.
shall extend approximately to
Length Diameter
inches above the level of the
of pipe of pipe inches
ground surrounding the pit.
ft. 1/2" 3-4" 1" 1%" 1j� "
(b) Where the distance from the
15 76 172 •345 750 1230
ground level to the floor joists at
30 52 120 241 535 850
the floor furnace location is less
46 43 99 199 435 700
than twenty-four inches, a water
160 38 85 173 380 610
proof pit shall be provided with the
.5 77 155 345 545
following dimensions:
90 70 141 310 490
Twenty-four inches from the
105 65 131 285 450
sides of the furnace to the sides
120 120 270 420
of the pit except on the control
1160 109 242 380
side and the vent side. On the con -
I Under no condition shall the line
trol aide, the minimum clearance
to the gas range be less than 34",
from the side of the furnace to the
i The service line (from the main to
side of the .pit shall be thirty-six
e fed to the lions, my hope and
r, sex. is Aha1 :tl`A ooner we come
Rri,,s with Ivan ai. Joe person-
ly, the better. Why waYLl;until he
tilds his own Hach bomb.'
Your correspondent who is hink-
g of rejoining the human e—
it will still have him. Sheldon.
SPLASH
This Is -
Your Paper
Not All Pictures
Are Good Ones
By William R. Nelson
APICTURE may or may not be
worth "10,000 words", as the
Chinese proverb claims, but it cer-
tainly represents a pretty penny in
costs, time, space and judgment,
if published in a newspaper. In addi-
tion, it is seldom desirable to re-
ublish a picture, so all of the ef-
ort, time and money expended is
or a single use.
Editors appreciate the interest
hown when readers suggest pub -
cation of pictures, and they com-
ly as often as possible. But pub-
ishing a picture in a newspaper is
of as easy as it may seem.
Pictures are
Pictures only "worth
Are 10,000 words"
News, Too when they con-
vey desired in.
ormdtion. That immediately classi-
fies them as news and means they
hould be selected for their news
alue. Unless a photograph is of
omeone or some event currently
n the news, publication has little
r no meaning.
Assuming that a picture has news
value, it then must be of such qual-
ity it will reproduce well in the
paper. Many photographs which are
entirely satisfactory for an album
cannot be reproduced distinctly
enough to be recognizable in a news-
aper. Publishing such pictures is
disappointing waste of space, ef-
ort and money.
There are other factors, too, such
s permission of those in the pic-
ure for its publication, its news
alue or the amount of interest in
t among the paper's readers, and
hether there is time to make a cut.
If not taken
No Place specifically for
for the paper, on
Incongruity its order, a
photograph
may not be timely and therefore
its use may seem incongruous.
Even if timely but received too late
to get a cut made, it may not be
practical to use it in a later issue
ecause reader interest will have
waned by then.
For these and many other rea-
sons, the editor is always the best
judge of whether or not a picture
can be or should be published.
If the paper publishes other pic-
tures, some not local in origin, in
the very issue for which your's was
rejected, it is well to remember
that in addition to the above fac-
tors, there is still another. It is
that some pictures, always of news
value, are furnished to the paper in
forms that make their use easy and
Inexpensive, because they are al-
so supplied to many other newspa-
pers.
How to Antique
An antique finish is frequently ap-
plied to wall surfaces and furniture
to produce an appearance of age
and to accentuate the designs of
carvings and mouldings. The ma.
terial used for the purpose, general-
ly compo' ,raw lumber and
glazing liqui is brushed on the
surface and immediately wiped off
with a cloth, working away from
the center of the object toward the
edges —or removing it from the
nigh points of the carvings or
�b A finish coat of light
varnish is usually applied.
Paper From Tobacco
Paper probably could be made
from tobacco. Most organic plant
materials can be used for the manu-
facture of paper, as a source of
cellulose. In the process of chemi-
cal digestion used to obtain it,
many of the other constituents are
removed. Probably tobacco could
be used in a similar way, though pa-
per so made would not show many
of the characteristics of tobacco,
since the constituents responsible
fcr these would be removed in the
manufacturing process.
The President estimates the def-
icit in the national budget this year
of five billion dollars. This is more
BILLBOARDS
Road Safety
Fig h t Starved
WASHINGTON. — The sporadic
war against the nation's billboards
by America's nature lovers and
others is about to get underway
again.
It will be sparked by the Ameri-
can Automobile association, with
10 million members, which has de-
cided to launch once again the
campaign it dropped when the war
started —and, once again, outdoor
advertising interests are rallying
to buck it.
The National Roadside council,
one of the oldest organizations in
the anti -billboard fight, is gather-
ing new ammunition through high-
way surveys.
Originally the fight of the anti -
billboard groups was just against
billboards. Now, billboards are
seldom mentioned. The new line
is to work for general roadside pro-
tection and improvement to pro-
mote motoring safety, highway effi-
ciency and to protect property val-
ues as well as save the scenery.
This is the general theme of the
AAA program which seeks adop-
tion by all states of highway
zoning plans.
Formidable Foes
One reason for this is that the
outdoor advertising people have
put up such a consistently success-
ful fight against any curbs on their
business that they are recognized
as formidable antagonists.
The U. S. public roads adminis-
tration is taking no part in the con-
test, although it is providing bil-
lions of dollars to help finance the
state's construction of the national
highway network.
The viewpoint of the public roads
administration is that it has no
legal right to insist that states pass
legislation designed to restrict
outdoor advertising in order to get
Federal road aid.
The research staff of the public
roads administration, however, has
provided state highway officials
with facts about highway reading
matter. One of the research chiefs,
David R. Levin, recently reported
these sample statistics:
(1)—On U S. 1 north of Philadel-
phia a motorist traveling at 50
miles an hour passes one highway
sign every second.
(2) — Between Baltimore and
Washington 2,430 commercial signs
and billboards are peppered along
30.5 miles.
(3)—On 300 miles of U. S. 1 out
side of towns in Florida were
counted 1,000 billboards, 6,000 sign-
boards and 14,000 signs on trees and
business pl%res.
Danger Cited
"In ad3i:ioi to aesthetic consid-
erations, the billboard is a danger
wrerever it obstructs sight d9stance
below the minimum established
stanaard," Levin said.
Many states, counties and towns
have adopted some form of restric-
tive regulations to prevent bill-
boards from becoming a menace.
And the outdoor advertising people
have often voluntarily cooperated
with local officials to prevent erec-
tion of signs that would obviously
constitute a hazard.
Actually, there appears to be no
strong proof as yet that highway
advertising is closely linked with
highway safety. The most recent
publication on the subject is a
progress report by a Michigan com-
mission. It concluded that, of the
advertising signs, "only those whirl,
were illuminated, including neon
and flashing neon, showed any ap-
preciable association with accident
locations."
Facts About Utah
Utah ;s planning giant dams to in-
crease its electric power. The state
will probably take a leading part
in the production of synthetic fuel
from its tremendous coal reserves
extending for 13 thousand square
miles. The resins contained in
Utah's Huntington and Salina Can-
yon coals already go into lacquers
and varnishes. Utah is the world's
only producer of gilsonite, wurtzil-
ite, and ozokerite, or natural bees-
wax. With Colorado, it produces vir-
tually all United States uranium
and has enormous deposits of pot-
ash and phosphorus, vital fertilizer
constituents. From its Great Salt
lake comes an important supply of
salt. By itself, it is estimated, Utah
could supply the world for 1,000
years with commercial gypsum.
than the entire budget for all pur-
poses in 1933.
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HOPE THE BOSS
GET) SOME PURINA
NKS AND THOSE
THIS IS HANGING FEEDERS
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v
L inches„and ,:lop t Wtb
twelve, iaehesR,.,Tminimum dt t*61ve' in he't bottom of the furnace to
tom of the pit. The sides of the pi..
shall extiond approximately four
Inches above the level of tho
grounds.
(c) Where the distance of tae
,ground level to the floor joists ai: {{
the floor furnace location is lose
than eighteen inches, sinter -prod
-pit as specified in Section (b) shill
be provided and there shall ab�o I
be provided an access door to t'ie
floor furnace location from the ;
SECTION 9. VMNiTS?, s
;venters r�anigg tlx6iklil,�o
ing wall or any othe f-
partition shall 'be 4'rh `I t� r
fireproof tilltdbi wtth`'a 12I's
(1) inch air space between the vent
pipe and thimble on all sides. Vent
pipe, such as Metal-bestos, must
have at least one (1) inch clear-
ance from combustible material. i
Vents from floor furnaces, -- --r
heaters, and space heaters m u,A
have a clearance of at least thrc.o
(3) inches from any combustibly
material for a distance of. at La_' .
three (3) feet from the draft h"lm 1.
—All-vents-must. be of..rop:.L�•�''.,'
!allowing. at Ieast one (
3 pinch dbtit area'3or e�aha ,
1 per hour input�,of the bur
y tented, or #hhll' the the S-aFii
as. the appltance ma 1if41*1A-"~
collar or his specifications w n --
i
(such is provided.
There shall be no damper :pl%"ft
in the vent or flue serving .iy
gas appliance.
Alb horizontal runs of vont :: A'
not be over fifteei, (15) f. ^'.. Li of
length and must have at least one -
quarter Q/4) inch rise r,er--- c;-1
foot from the appliance vent. cmlbjr.
All horizontal runs over ten (1a)
feet shall be fastened in pl-ic-. v.!Lh
metal straps. All joints of met:,i
three �( RiW j 0ift 40WRIVI
In gem sAl tine f oul
4 a�4.. w,
be Pla m 4ei 1., o a
I All appliance pressure regulator
(regulators used for maintaining
proper manifold pressure ut the
appliance) must be vented with x`
inch tubing into the combustible
chamber of the appliance with
which it is used.
SECTION 10. All Liquefied Pe-
troleum Gas Installations must be
as per the Standards of the Nation-
al Board of Fire Underwriters.
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